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Home My WebLink About2010 Mar 22 - Letter from DEP Re: Review of Engineering Report and Plans ; ,p� �\ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY & ENVIRO RS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PAO �� SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE 20 RIVERSIDE DRIVE,LAKEVILLE,MA 02347 508- - DEVAL L.PATRIGK IAN A_BOWLES Governor Secretary TINiOTHY P.MURRAY LAURIE BURT Lieutenant Governor Commissioner March 22,2010 Mr.Darren Meyer RE: YARMOUTH—Thirwood Place,237 P.O. Box 981 North Main Street,Permit No: 344-4 East Sandwich, Massachusetts 02537 Transmittal No.X232288 Dear Mr. Meyer:' The Department of Environmental Protection has completed a review of the engineering report and plans depicting the proposed relocation of leaching pits at Thirwood Place,237 North . Main Street, South Yarmouth,Massachusetts.With your application you also submitted a Certification Statement signed by Winslov� 'y1. Spofford,a Massachusetts Registered Professional Engineer,and engineering plans consisting of one(1)sheet,which is titled: "SEPTIC UPGRADE REPAIR PLAN I1�1 SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA ' LOCATED AT 237 NORTH MAIN STREET ' SOUTH YARMOUTH,MA ��'' APPLICANT THIIZWOOD PLACE 237 NORTH MAIN STREET SOUTH YARMOUTH,MA SCALE: 1"=30' DATE: DECEMBER 16,2009 PREPARED BY EAS SURVEY, INC. 141 RTE 6A PO BOX 1729 � SANDWICH, MA 02563 . : PH. 508-888-3619 FX 508-888-2496" ' This informatioo is available in altemate tormat Call Donald DL Gomes,ADP1 Coordinator at 617-556-1057.TDD Sen•ice-1-800-298-2207. DEP on the Worid Wide Web: http_/Iwww.mass.gov/dep �«1 Printed on Recycied Paper � . I 2 . The submitted plan proposes ta relocate two(2)leaching pits outside of an e�usting Zone II � � of a public water supply we1L The Department hereby approves the modification to the wastewater treatment facility as shown on the above mentioned engineering report and plans subject to the following: � i 1. The Wastewater Water Treatment Facility as well as all pumping,ejector or lift stations ` shall adhere to all terms and conditions of Groundwater Discharge Permit 344-4 and any i other prior approvals not superseded by this modification. ' 2. Construction shall be in strict conformance with the submitted engineering report, r engineering plans cited above and provisions of this approval.No changes shall be made � without the prior written approval of the Department. � 3. Subsurface components of the system shall not be backfilled or otherwise concealed from 3 view until the Department has conducted an inspection and permission has been granted by the Department to backfill the system. 4. Operation and maintenance of the facility must be in accordance with 314 CMR 12.00: "Operation and Maintenance and Pretreatment Standards for Wastewater Treatment Works and Indirect Discharges" and 257 CMR 2.00: "Rules and Regulations for Certification of Operators of Wastewater Treatment Facilities". ', 5. The referenced facility has been rated by this office(in accordance with 257 CNIR 2.00)and � it has been tentatively detemiined that the proposed wastewater treatrnent plant is a Grade 4 � facility. For official approval we will forward this grading to the Board of Certification of � Wastewater Trea.tment Plant Operators.Therefore,please be advised that as a Grade 4 � facility,it is required that the person in responsible charge(Chief Opera.tor)possess a valid Grade 4 Massachusetts Wastewater Treatment Operator's License. Also,a backup operator must be provided who sha11 possess at least a valid Grade 3 license. 6. The operation of the referenced facility must comply with all the requirements listed in the ' Groundwater Discharge Permit 344-4. 7. This approval pertains to the discharge of sanitary waste only.Non-sanitary waste shall not , be dischazged into the proposed wastewater treatment facility. 8. The owner/operator of the system shall properly operate and maintain the system at a11 times in accordance with this approval,submitted design report and soil absorption system plans cited above. 9. The owner/operator shall fiunish the Department,within a reasonable time,any information, f which the Department may request to determine whether cause e�sts for modifying, 3 revoking,reissuing or ternunating this approval or to determine whether the owner/operator ! is complying with the terms and conditions of this approval. ' 10. The facility served by the system and the system itself shall be open to inspection by the Department at all reasonable times. . 11. As built plans of this modification to the wastewater treatment facility sha11 be submitted to ' this office of the Department within ninety(90)days of the Department's authorization to '� operate the facility as modified. I 12. The Department must approve in writing any expansion of the facility resulting in additional sewage flows to the wastewater treatment facility. I 1 i 1 , ' 3 i I � Should you have any questions regarding this matter,please contact me at(508)771-6047. � � j Very truly yours, � ,�� ; (f��1�-E'I��_,,, Brian A. Dudley Bureau of Resource Protect�n � BAD/ , Enclosure(2 sets of plans) j � cc: Mr. Winslow Spofford � P.O. Box 981 � East Sandwich,Massachusetts 02537 Mr.Bruce Murphy,Health Agent , Board of Health , 1146 Route 28 South Yarmouth,Massachusetts 02664 Enclosure(1 set ofplans) DEP-Boston Attn: Wastewater Management �